Meg McGinity

Senior WriterMeg was an original staff member of start-up publication tele.com, where her beats included Internet and wireless industries and she was presented with CMP's President's Award for editorial in 1999. She joined Interactive Week in October 1999 as senior writer covering wireless and joined The Net Economy a year later, covering services.Meg attended Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism for Master's in Journalism and was a staff member of Lerner Newspapers and Chicago Life Magazine. Her editorial work has also appeared in Crain's New York Business, The Village Voice, and Communications of the ACM.Meg covers services, and wireless technology.

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X Marks the VASP

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